Stop with the Vanity Metrics: Measure What Matters

If you’re an HR professional, many metrics – such as cost per hire, training cost per employee, turnover rate, lag time between posting and filling a position – will show the executive team that you’re doing your job, but not much more.

“Vanity metrics” are not the same as applying workforce analytics tools to give your C-Suite leaders the data-driven, actionable insights they need to solve business problems.

Current wisdom says to stop focusing solely on activity numbers and instead answer the critical question, “So what? What is the value?”